Car-framing reenforcement



April 1, 1924.' .l I 1,488,676

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' om FRAMING REENFORCEMENT Filed April 26 1922 5 Shets-Sheet 1 Mr M April 1 1924. 1,488,676

' o.HocHBERG CAR FRAMING RENFORGEMENT Filed April 2e. 1922 l 5 shets-sheet 2 lApril 1, 1924. 1,488,676

O. HOCHBERG CAR FRAMING REENFQRCEMENT Filed April" 2. `1922 5 sheets-sheet 5 lgl wf April 1 1924. 1,488,676

O. HOCHBERG CAR FRAMING REENFORCEMENT Filed April 26. 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 TTORNEY Patented Apr. il, liggen n WM :argan viva at .mi FVW wie. rw Uitl n i OSCAR HOCHBERG, 0F NEVI' YRK, T. Y.,

COMPANY, 0F NEW' YORK, 15T. Y.,

CAR-FRAM REENFGBCEJIENT.

Application led April 26, 1922. Serial No. 556,716.

To aZZ who/mt may concern.'

Be it known that l, OSCAR Hoonnne, residing at New York; in the county and State of New York, and being a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Car-Framing Reenit'orcements7 of which the following is a full; clear7 and exact description7 such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention; though it is to be understood that the invention ig not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described7 as it is obvious that various modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the roof framing of a railway box car showing a preferred application of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through one of the elements of the framing reenforcement taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; I v

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same part taken on line 33 of Fic'. l looking in the direction indicated by the arrow;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the roof framing taken on line --Ll of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow and showing in elevation one of the end members of the framing reenforcement; i

Fig. 5 is a longitudinalsectional viewv through said end reenforcing member taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow;

6 is a vertical section taken transversely through a car havingboth inside and outside roofs and illustrating the application of the invention to suoli construction;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of a car roof framing showing the application of a modified form of the invention to cars having wooden side and end plates;

Fig. 8 isa sectional view of the same on an enlarged scale taken on line 8-8 of Figa 7 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow;

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal Sectional view of an end member of said modified reenforce ment taken on line 9-9 of F ig. 7 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow;

Fig. 1 is a similar View of an intermediate member of said modified reenforcement taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 7 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow;

Fig. 11 illustrates another modification of the end member of the reenforcement and .is a fragmentary plan view of the roof framing showing` the application of said end member to a carline, and side and end plates;

Fig. 12 is a transverse sectional view through the roof framingv taken on line 1.2-12 of F ig. 11 lookingin the direction indicated by the arrow and showing in elevation said modified end member of the reenforcement;

Fig. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view thrfznigh y said` end member taken on line 1?) of Fig. 11 lookin in the direction indicated by the arrow:

Fig. 14 is a view similar to Fig. 11 but showing a further modification of the end member of the reenforcement;

Fig. 15 is a transverse sectional view through the roof framing taken on line 15H15 of Fig. 14 looking in the the direction indicated by the arrow and showing said end member in elevation; and y Fig. 1G is a longitudinal section through same taken on line 16p-16 of 14 looking in the lirertion indicated by the arrow.

This invention relates to reenforcements for the upper framing of boX and other railway house cars.

Among other objects of the invention are to provide means for reenforcing the upper framing members of a car body to prevent distortion and displacement thereof; t0 provide co-ordinating reenforcements at predetermined points withinthe car interior; and to provide an interior reinforcing system designed to minimize the racking and weaving of the parte at the framing joints.

ln the drawings, 10 indicates the car fra-m ing as a whole, comprising side walls 1l, end walls 12, and a roof structure 13. The roof framing is supported upon sidev plates 14 of the car and upon the end walls' 12. With "GNGR TO fliB/ERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY Y RPELTION OIF NEVJ JERSEY.

the side plates ot the our forming part of the root structure the several iiieinbers oi the reentoroeinent may be considered as `foriiiiiitg' part ot the oer training and root structure inzisn'iuoh es the parts ere l'linily connected and unotioii es s. unit.

1n the preferred einbooiiiient ot the invention the end i'nenibers 15 of the reent'oroenient are secured to end torni part of the end wells of the crii. As shown in )Figs 1, il, sind 5, the end Wells 12 are oic inet-ril end are secured along yheir upper insigins to the diephiegni end ineinliers 15. The eiid diaphragme 15 f. provided with downwardly extending end ivzill portions 16 for seoi'iiiiig thein to end Wells 12 and siniilsi' side plete portions 17 for connection with the side plstes 14.

rllhe dieplirzigiiis 15 are preferably pitched to the slope oit the root es slioivn and connected to the side plates Us and other root training longitudinal ino .ieis 18. liitermediate the end diiphrzig s '15 and adjacent the side door posts 19, are

additional diephi'egins 2O el-so secured to the side plates 111 and rooti training loiigitiidiniils rllhiis connected, the ond and i einiediete diziphi'zignis ire cio-ordinated to provide ai reeniforceinent adapted to resist distortion ot any ot the 'training ineinbers and distribute suoli localized throughout the cer t 'iiii'iing Between the end :ind iiterniediete disipliiziejins ot the reen'toi'eeinent ere the usuel root erlines 21 o1 any approved de- D sign. 1n the eres Covered bythe diephreginsa csi-.inns i the dizipliregins fi'e not used since themselves are designed to support those portions of the roof training' respectively overlying thein.

rlhe end diaphragme are foi'iiied with their inner inzii'g'iiiel portions slieped to provide cziilines 22 ot flanged channel ciosssectioii with the eviter ages 23 of the es rlines enticed troni the Webs 24 ot the disphregnis by the channel poiiioiis 25. The oerlines iiiei'ge :it their e ds ivitli the side pls-te tions 1.7 siii( .iiphregnis undA are held against letei'iil distortion by ineens of the eiiiiig ribs 25 pressed l t oin the diziplirzig'ni Webs 24. These bs ere spaced eport ind tapered es shoivii in Figs. 1 end cisposed with their oeepest portions Yiid will flanges 15, becoming shelsti fr lovvei es they approach the rline channel portions with which they iiiiite.

1 ,seems lines 21 iveted Yste #l by cai 2? e'd side plates end by i iori'fzontzilly through the p. stes, rnd oo'i' training o 'further rigidii7 tle Whole., li. lts 3 or the like ispeotively.

den side und end pistes iis i1 i to 1S inclusive. in Figs. 7 to 10 e; the end diephrogins pistes il and side plates 4&2 by

of' 1ellis J8. ie di ephregnis are pan .l sie positioned with their 'siiiiel ileiiges presented downwardly. j, distortion seid diephragnis 'ioiiiil and e i ,o ineinbers is 1 ie disphrspjnis as e Yih-rsgins shown in iid l11 to 16 inchiiis shown in Figs. to support any 'pe-rt ot the roof jtriiiiinp; and :ire not pitched 'to the slope ot the root'.y but extend horizontally between the side' sind end plates ot the cer and in s pls-ne beloiv the ceilines 53.

1n adapting the invention to cai-s having Wood side sind end plates end ceilines. the displiiagnis ifiiey be foiined with inergginsl earline seats 56 tor ceiliiies 55 as shown in 11 toi inclusive. rThe diephisgms ,ere secured to the carlines by means of bolts 5T extending preferably through the rootI training longitudinale i8, carlines 35, and cai-line seats Sie., Said diaphragms reinforced by means ci ribs 5S pressed out of the web 59 and merging with the downwardly extending end plate Yflanges (l0 and Carlino seat wall portions 6l. he diaphragme 54- are further secured to the car by means ot bolts G2 and 63 taking the end plate tlanges and side plate flanges (3f-it. 'lhe diaphri uns are also secured to the root' training lonA itudinals 18 by bolts 65 or the like., taliing the longitudinale 1S and webs 59 of the diaphragms. In such application of the invention the diaphragme oel occupy the space between the end plates l-l, side plates e' and carlines 55 whereby the forces acting upon the end plate l-l will be distributed to the side plates 42, carlines 55. and root `training longitudinale 18.

This embodiment oi. the invention may be 'further nodii'ied by forming the diaphragme as shown in Figs. le to 16 inclusive. Instead ot the pan shaped diaphragm illustrated in Figs. ll, l2, and 13, di-i aphragms 66 are shaped to provide a pair oi" marginal flanges extending relatively in opposite directions from the webs 67 of the diaphragme. rlhe end plate flanges 68 eX- tend downwardly and are secured to end plates il of the car but the flanges 69 for attaching the diaphragms` to the carlines 55 are presented upwardly and secured to the carlines by bolts 70. These diaphragms are reinforced by means oi" ribs 7l pressed out of the opposite faces of the webs 67 and merged with the flanges 68 and 69 on the respective sides oit the webs. It will be noted that the ribs 71 do not extend the iull Awidth olf' the diaphragms but terminate short oi the diaphragm margins opposite to the 'flanges with which said ribs 71 respectively mergc. The ribs 7]. are alternately disposed over the web area in spaced relation as shown in these figures and tapered to merge into the web 67 of the diaphragm at points beyond a line intersecting said ribs.

llt will be notedthat there has been provided a reinforcing system for bracing the upper Jframe-work of a car body designed to minimize the racking and weaving stresses imposed at localized points in the framing and distribute them to other and remote members of the car structure. The end members of the reinforcement have extended engagement with the side and end pla-tes ot the car whereby relative movement of the framing members and consequent weakening of the fastenings at points of connection is considerably reduced.

llVhat l claim is:

l.. ln a railway car having end and side walls, metallic reinforcing diaphragms secured to the upper margins oi" said walls,

car :raining side wall longitudinale nnecting said diaphragme.

. car

comprising spaced diaphragme and longitudinal connect-'ing members secured to said diaphragms aloiig the side marginal edges thereof.

in railway car construction including -fd-V nd ond walls, spaced diaphragms consaid side and end walls, and longitudinal sido vwall members connecting said di aphragms.

Ll. ln car framing ctmstruction, metallic end walls, diaphragms secured to said walls, and rooie. Jtraining and side wall. longitudinals connecting said diaphragme.

5. ln car framing construction including a pitched root structure, a pair of spaced diaphragms shaped to conform to the slope of said roof structure, side plates connecting said diaphragms, and metallic end walls secured along their upper margins to said diaphragme.

6. In a railway car having metallic end walls, a pair or' spaced diaphragme secured to the upper margins oit said walls, and longitudinal framing members connecting said diaphragme along their marginal edges.

7. lin a railway car having side and end walls, door openings in the car sides, a plurality ot spaced diaphragme connecting'said side and endwalls, longitudinal side wall framing members connecting said diaphragms, and a diaphragm adjacent said door openings connecting said longitudinal framing members above the door openings.

8. ln a car framing having a roof structure and side and end walls, a plurality of diaphragme spaced apart and connecting said root structure and side and end walls, door openings'in the side walls, longitudinal framing members connecting saidy diaphragme, and a diaphragm adjacent said door openings connecting said longitudinal framing members above the door openings.

9. ln a car framing having a roof structure and side and end walls, a plurality of diaphragme spaced apart and connecting said roof structure and side and end walls, door openings in the side walls, and a diaphragm intermediate said first mentioned diaphragme adjacent to and above said door openings.

10. lfn a railway car having side and end walls, metallic diaphragme spaced apart and respectively secured to the upper margins of the end walls and extending from side to side of the car, and car training side wall longitudinale connecting said diaphragms.

11. ln a railway car having side and end walls, metallic diaphragme spaced apart and respectively secured to the upper margins of the end walls and extending from side to side of the car, ear framing side wall ri tion, a reeirtorocment longitudinals connecting said diaphragms,

and an in'ifermediabe diaphragm connecting Said framing longitudinale.

12. na railway car having side and end Walls, metallic diaphragme spaced apart and respectively Secured. to the ripper margins of the end. Walls and extending from Side to Side of the car, a pluraiity of reef supporting oarhnes between Sair diaphragme, and ear 'framing Side wail iongitudinals connecting said earhnes and diaphragme.

13. in a Car framing reeniorcement eemprising a pair of diaphragme spaced apart forming part of the roof structure of the car, a plurality eariines intermediate said diaphragme, car fra-ming side Wall longitudinais connecting Said eariirres and daphragms, and a diaphragm intermediate Said eariinee connecting said framing 1ongitadinais.

n Wrress whereof have hereunto Set my hand in 'the presence of two Witnesses.

OSCAR HOCHERG. Witnesses Loim'r'ra MUARDLE, ELLEN G. VEBSTER. 

